Randi Zuckerberg Explains Why She Agreed To Do A Silicon Valley Reality Show

Longtime tech reporter and recent entrepreneur Sarah Lacy made
the most scathing argument yesterday in
PandoDaily:

The show depicts people drinking, shirtless in clubs, and
standing in front of a walk-in closet of suits as some sort of
"insider look" at Silicon Valley. It is quite literally making us
look like “The Jersey Shore,” only without the tans. Anyone who
has spent a day here knows just how bastardized that is. It’s
ridiculous really.

Lacy then went on to compare the show with "The Social Network,"
the fictionalized account of Facebook's founding...by Randi's
brother. Ouch.

Will there be drama? Of course! Silicon Valley is full of
exciting drama. Will there be conflict? Of course! Entrepreneurs
face conflict daily. Will we showcase every single painstaking
detail of startup life? Of course not. This is reality TV,
not a documentary.

So it's kind of like Rock Star, which bears zero resemblance to
the life of a real working musician.

So that means is that Silicon Valley is the new Hollywood,
entrepreneurs are the new rock stars, and having your own startup
is like being in a band back in the 1990s.